Re: Voodoo 2 Sli problem.

Posted on 2019-10-03, 13:14

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by FFXIhealer

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I would second that recommendation. To date, I have bought a Diamond Monster 3D 4MB, a Diamond Monster 3D II 8MB, and two STB V2-1000 12MB cards. The Diamond Monster 3D II 8MB Voodoo2 card wasn't working properly when I first got it off of Ebay, but it turns out it was the edge pins on the top of …

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Re: Where to find heavy gauge 3dfx Voodoo pass through cables?

Posted on 2019-10-03, 13:05

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by FFXIhealer

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CJRRY9M/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1 This is a link to the Amazon item I bought two of to use as my Voodoo1/2 VGA pass-through cables. They're the same thickness to the cables you currently have and they're the same length. They work great - …

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Re: LS-120, how it work???

Posted on 2019-09-24, 17:03

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From where I'm from in the states, CompactFlash is pretty much non-existent except the used market, which is very small and overpriced for what you get. SD cards? That's a lot better... at least for DOS. I've read mixed reviews about running Windows 95/98 from an SD card, similar to reviews about …

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Re: LS-120, how it work???

Posted on 2019-09-24, 15:58

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I solved the problem of file transfers to my old Windows 95 computer by thinking outside of the box a little bit and because I had certain pieces of technology available to me. My Windows 95 computer does not have any USB ports and I don't have any internal drives like ZIP. I have a CD-ROM drive and …

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Re: XP Era Gaming Pc Help

Posted on 2019-09-24, 13:59

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Was that supposed to be a joke? I own an eVGA 8400GS and the only thing that sucks about it (besides it's obvious lack of any serious graphics power) is the fan... that barely works after 12 years and lets the thing idle around 60c. The only thing it's good for now is to test a new build to make …

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Re: XP Era Gaming Pc Help

Posted on 2019-09-19, 13:49

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i not wanting to mod processors etc as i have no idea and worry if i screw up etc my "current" xp build which i thinking of turning that my win98 build has a p4 2.8ghz and seem limted for what i wanting my "xp era machine" to run and has agp not pic-e Fair enough. Not everyone has a Dremel tool and …

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Re: XP Era Gaming Pc Help

Posted on 2019-09-19, 13:33

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thinking of upgrading the processor to a Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 but prices are weird on ebay etc and most of the cheapest ones seem to come from china and not sure if to go for that. I'll probably be the only one to "latch onto" this point. Have you considered getting the exact same processor …

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Re: How many Retro PCs do you got in your house?

Posted on 2019-09-17, 17:45

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by FFXIhealer

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The true question is: how many of these PCs do you actually use? ;D That's tough to answer, since they all get used from time to time. If you mean REGULARLY, then the 2008 Dell Vostro 230 and the 2015 Skylake Gaming Rig get used primarily and the Xeon Ubuntu server sits in the back of the room and …

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Re: How many Retro PCs do you got in your house?

Posted on 2019-09-17, 12:50

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Intel Pentium P54c 200MHz 64MB 60ns EDO 72-pin RAM Micronics M55hi+ ATX motherboard ATI Rage IIc 2MB PCI Diamond Monster 3D Voodoo 4MB PCI SMC 10/100 Ethernet PCI 20.4GB Maxtor IDE HDD (drive overlay software used to bypass 8GB BIOS limit) Windows 95 AMD K6-2 300MHz motherboard came with IBM Aptiva …

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Re: Advice on Win98 build

Posted on 2019-09-02, 05:13

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Yeah, dudes. I wanna build a Windows 98 gaming computer to play old DOS games like Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego. help me pick my parts. I was thinking of getting a 4.2GHz 12-core Ryzen 9 processor, 64GB of RAM and a GTX 2080ti. Would that be enough to play this game? I'm just kidding! LOL …

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Re: Looking for advice for my next build.

Posted on 2019-08-24, 23:18

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Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it. It'll probably be fine the way it is.

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Re: Looking for advice for my next build.

Posted on 2019-08-23, 15:54

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I have that exact CPU, though I don't use it anymore. It sits in a box on my shelf. I upgraded that computer to the fastest CPU it could use: a 600MHz Katmai Pentium 3. As a quick question, did you have a fan on your 350? Mine doesn’t seem to have one attached, though it does seem to have a bigger …

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Re: Looking for advice for my next build.

Posted on 2019-08-18, 03:59

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I used to play Star Wars: X-Wing on a 486 with 16MB of memory and an analog flight stick with only two buttons. A 350MHz Pentium II will have ZERO issues running the game flawlessly. If anything, it should give you a silky-smooth 60 fps without stuttering. For video cards, I don't think you'd need …

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Re: What case for this socket 7 motherboard?

Posted on 2019-08-18, 03:12

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You know, I've always wondered... if you had a PCI card that didn't have anything going out the back, like an internal IDE controller or something with a blank back... took the blank back off, and then used BOTH the ISA and PCI slots on that shared slot.... would they still both work? Hmmm....

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Re: Budget Windows 98 Retro Gaming PC

Posted on 2019-08-16, 04:48

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Wow, that is extremely similar to my Windows 98 system that I got around that same time. ASUS P2B motherboard 350 MHz Pentium II CPU 128 MB PC100 SDRAM 10 GB Maxtor HDD 8MB Diamond Stealth II G460 (Intel i740) AGP card Creative Labs AWE64 Gold ISA audio card 56K V.90 ISA modem 3COM 10/100 Ethernet …

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Re: Budget Windows 98 Retro Gaming PC

Posted on 2019-08-14, 19:37

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Sometimes I go on forums and I read an original post and then read the replies they get and I have to wonder "Did they even BOTHER to read the original post before typing up a response?" The Subject specifically says BUDGET gaming PC and his post named the year 1999, which could mean January 1999 to …

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Re: Best way to transfer files over a network in Windows 95?

Posted on 2019-08-09, 04:13

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Well, I can tell you what I finally did to solve MY issues transferring files to my Windows 95 retro machines. Since I don't want to keep burning CD-Rs to move files bigger than 1.4MBs on floppies and I have no USB ports for thumb drives, I ended up having to work with what I did have available - a …

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Re: Recommendations for New Retro Build

Posted on 2019-07-31, 03:45

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If you're interested in something to run the original Half-Life, why not go faster than Slot 1? Why not build an Athlon XP system... or a Pentium 4 system? I heard Pentium 4s are "cheap as chips", as Phil likes to say in his videos. Stick a GeForce 2 or even a GF4 in there and be wicked-fast with …

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Re: Why does Win98SE not detect serial mice?

Posted on 2019-07-31, 01:27

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Windows... or any other OS for that matter, does not "detect" ANYTHING on the Serial or Parallel ports. They have to be initialized with a driver for any device plugged into them to work. PS/2 ports are QUITE specific and limited to ONLY keyboard and mice, so it's very easy to have Windows do an …

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Re: Viper 770 driver issue

Posted on 2019-07-29, 17:30

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Then I should correct myself. For me, Win98-period graphics cards have trouble displaying in 16:9 - chipsets like the i740, Riva TNT2, ATI Rage, etc. It wasn't until the Radeon/Geforce series was released that they started doing 16:9 resolutions, and for me that was Windows XP, not 9x. My first wide …

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